Rogers in line to play against Seahawks

Starting cornerback Carlos Rogers is making steady progress in his recovery from a right hamstring injury, and he is in line to play in the upcoming NFC Championship Game against the Seattle Seahawks.

“He looked fine (Wednesday),” 49ers defensive coordinator Vic Fangio on Thursday said about Rogers’ first time practicing since he got hurt in the regular-season finale Dec. 29.

“He took part in about half of it, opened up a few times, looked good running. Then we shut him down at that point and hopefully he’ll be able to do a whole lot more” Thursday and Friday.

Rogers wasn’t able to play in the 49ers first two playoff games, victories over the Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers.

Fangio makes it sound as if it’s not a matter of if Rogers will play against the Seahawks on Sunday, but how much.

“Yeah, we’re hoping that he can get 100 percent healthy and then we’ll see exactly what his role will be at that point,” Fangio said.

Rogers said Tuesday that he feels as if he’s going to be able to play for the first time since he got hurt late in a game against the Arizona Cardinals in the regular-season finale.

If he doesn’t suffer any setbacks in practice this week, Rogers said, he expects to play against the Seahawks.

Tarell Brown started in place of Rogers the past two games. Fangio said he hasn’t decided whether Rogers will start Sunday if his hamstring holds up.

It’s conceivable that Fangio will stick with Brown and fellow cornerback Tramaine Brock as the starters, given the way they performed against the Packers and Panthers.

“They played well,” Fangio said of Brock and Brown. “They haven’t been perfect. But overall, they have played well. We played two really good offenses, two that have really good quarterbacks. You can’t play well at the end of it if your corners don’t hold up to some degree.”

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The reliability at Safety has brought out the best in Rogers when he covers the slot. Still iffy on the outside. TBrown and TBrock are good enough to handle Seattle’s usual array of wideouts. If Harvin plays healthy the secondary will be overmatched. A lot of pressure on the docs, no?

NinerED

How much was Goldson responsible for our subpar secondary last year? That, and Whitner going to the coaches to work on improvements has been a huge difference for this Defense.

Looking forward to Sunday, where I’ll have a feeling our D will not let them do much on Offense. And if that gives us momentum and control of the ball, I expect SF to put up points.

If their O stalls, it will be very hard for their crowd to be in it. Fairweather fans like those in Seattle get nervous about those close games.

hackphx

You’re right on point. Dashon’s freelancing hurt Whitner and the nickel back repeatedly. If you want to win on the road, pack the D. That means stop Lynch- we can. No long bombs-our signature. And nail Wilson – not so easy. 9er 16-13